Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 324
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 324 اَّنِا اَنْضَرَع َةَناَمَاْلا ىَلَع ِتٰوٰمَّسلا َو ِضْرَاْلا َو ِلاَبِجْلا َنْيَبَاَف ْنَا اَهَنْلِمْحَّي َو َنْقَفْشَا اَهْنِم َو اَهَلَمَح 1 ُناَسْنِاْلا ٗهَّنِا َناَك اًمْوُلَظ اًلْوُهَج We presented Our trust—which must be rendered back to Us like a trust—to all the creation in the earth and in heaven, but all of them refused to accept it out of apprehension that a default might ensue, but man accepted this trust as he was z al u m [able to subdue himself ] and jah u l [able to be unfair to himself ]. Both these terms [ z al u m and jah u l ] as applied to man, are complimentary and not derogatory in nature. They signify that man had been endowed with the capac- ity of being harsh upon his own self for the sake of God and he could incline towards God Almighty such as to forget his self. That is why he accepted the responsibility of treating his entire being as a trust and then to expend it in the cause of God. And the declaration by Allah the Exalted with regard to this fifth stage is: 2 َو َنْيِذَّلا ْمُه ْمِهِتٰنٰمَاِل َو ْمِهِدْهَع َنْوُعٰر Meaning: ‘The believers are those who are watchful of their trusts and covenants. ’ That is to say, in discharging trusts and fulfilling covenants they spare no effort in exercising righteousness and watchfulness. This is an indication that man and all his faculties—the vision of his eyes, the hearing of his ears, the speech of his tongue, and the strength of his hands and feet—are all trusts committed to him by God Almighty, and He can take His trusts back whenever He so wills. Being watchful of these trusts means devoting the self and all its faculties, and the body and all its faculties and organs, to the service of God Almighty while observing all the subtlest requirements of righteousness as if all of these things belong not to him, but to God, and the movement and 1. S u rah al-A h z a b, 33:73 [Publisher] 2. S u rah al-Mu’min u n, 23:9 [Publisher]